People say this Bible was good enough for ancient days,
but we have men of culture, of science, of literature now, and its value has
decreased to the people of our day. Now, give me a better book, and I will throw
it away. Has the world ever offered us a better book? These men want us to give
up the Bible. What are you going to give us in its place? O, how cruel
infidelity is to tell us to give up all the hope we have, to throw away the only
book which tells the story of the resurrection. They try to tell us that it is
all a fiction, so that when we lay our loved ones in the grave we bid them
farewell for time and eternity. Away with this terrible doctrine! The Bible of
our fathers and mothers is true, and the good old way is true. When man comes
and tries to draw us from the old to the new way, it is the work of the devil.
But men say we have outgrown this way. Why don't men outgrow the light of the
sun? They shouldn't let the light of the sun come into their buildings; should
have gas; the sun is old, and gas is a new light. There is just as much sense in
this as to take away the Bible. How much we owe the blessed Bible! Why, I don't
think human life would be safe if it wasn't for it. Look at the history of the
nations where the Bible has been trampled under foot. Only a few years ago
France and England were pretty nearly equal. England threw the Bible open to the
world, and France tried to trample it. Now, the English language is spoken around
the world, and its prosperity has increased, while it stands foremost among the
nations. But look at France. It has gone down and down with anarchy and
revolution. Let us not forsake the old way.